Listen: Protesting the High Cost of Insulin

In this episode of the Diabetes Connections podcast, Stacey talks with T1 International’s founder and director Elizabeth Rowley about the high cost of insulin. The organization is spearheading the #insulin4all campaign and a recent protest at Lilly Diabetes headquarters in Indianapolis.

What’s of particular interest is that Elizabeth talks about how insulin and other medications are priced. You may have heard the abbreviation “PBM,” which she tells us stands for Pharmacy Benefits Manager. It turns out that the PBM is sort of like a middle man and medications don’t come directly from the pharmaceutical company.

Stacey Simms is the host of DiabetesConnections, a weekly podcast. Her son was diagnosed with type 1 in 2006, one month before he turned two. Diabetes Forecast Magazine named Stacey as one of their 12 “People to Know: 2017" and she is the first podcaster to make the annual list. Diabetes Connections was also named a Top Ten Health Podcast in the 2016 & 2017 People’s Choice Podcast Awards. Listen to the show on any podcast app and follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Email Stacey directly at stacey@diabetes-connections.com.